Friesland: Murderous tides
| Episode of the series Friesland | |
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| Original title | Murderous tides |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| length | 90 minutes |
| classification | Episode 1 ( list ) |
| German-language first broadcast |
May 3, 2014 on ZDF |
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| Director | Dominic Müller |
| script |
Arne Nolting Jan Martin Scharf |
| production |
Sabine de Mardt Anton Moho |
| music | Dirk Leupolz |
| camera | Simon Schmejkal |
| cut | Günter Schultens |
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Murderous Tides is a German television film directed by Dominic Müller in 2014. It is the first episode of the Friesland television series .
action
In the East Frisian town of Leer, the two village police officers Jens Jensen and Süher Özlügül do their duty in the country. Although something exciting rarely happens in the tranquil town, one day the young housewife Elfie Berger is found dead in her apartment. Since they want to cover up the incident as a suicide, the two patrolmen feel obliged to find out the truth. In doing so, they exceed their competencies, but receive support from the pharmacist Insa Scherzinger, who loves being able to work as a hobby forensic scientist , as she had spent three semesters of her studies on it. Her unofficial autopsy clearly rules out suicide, as post-mortem hematomas are found.
Jensen would like to assign the murder to a notorious, regional woman murderer Tjalv Riefenberg, who was recently released. Özlügül, on the other hand, wants to trace the victim's suspected prostitution. When they want to talk to their agency chief Hinnerk Goosen about this, they receive the message that he has just been found shot. Then the rough inspector Jan Brockhorst from Wilhelmshaven arrives in Leer to start the murder investigation. Brockhorst hated the arbitrariness of the two patrol officers, but Jensen and Özlügül did not let themselves be stopped from interfering further. Since it is now officially known that the head of the department Goosen was not so strict about the regulations, Jensen and Özlügül asked the empty citizens, from whom their boss had taken bribes. So Goosen regularly went to an illegal private brothel on Wednesdays, in which the “good” and meanwhile dead housewife Elfie Berger was also involved. Since her husband Mattes knew nothing about it, a murder out of jealousy is ruled out here. Jensen and Özlügül find a directory of their customers in Elfie's laptop. In her opinion, this file alone would be reason enough for the murder. But when they find out that Mattes Berger, contrary to his claims, had recently heard of his wife's activities, they are convinced that he actually killed his wife. Mattes Berger is arrested and Commissioner Brockhorst is sure that a confession will not be long in coming.
When searching for their boss's murderer, Jensen and Özlügül come across a wind power park that is about to be built in Friesland and for which both Elfie Berger and Hinnerk Goosen had already acquired shares. After the two police officers take a closer look at this planned project, they discover a fraud. Wind farm planner Edzard Winter had got Elfie Berger and Hinnerk Goosen out of the way when they discovered his fraud and wanted to blackmail him.
reception
Audience ratings
The first broadcast on May 3, 2014 reached 6.47 million viewers, which corresponds to a market share of 21.6 percent. Of the 14 to 49 year old viewers, 11.9% tuned in.
Reviews
Rainer Tittelbach from tittelbach.tv said about this episode, it “makes you want more. Unlike many of the (early) Münster 'Tatorte', the characters do not carry the caricature in front of them. ”“ ZDF would do well not to rely on the modular format of the ARD pre-evening label 'Heiter bis tödlich', but characters and to develop a concept with which there is more to tell in the long term than tumultuous regionalism that is poorly hidden behind crime thriller templates. 'Friesland' lives from its types, which are thought out in the best sense of the word: a crime comedy must be at least as far-sighted as a serious crime series in order to harmoniously combine the different pitches. "
Ursula Scheer commented on the FAZ and found that the crime thriller “couldn't be more exciting or fun. But it became more and more desolate. Florian Lukas and Sophie Dal play bravely - he looks trustworthy, they sometimes stern, sometimes dear - the dialogues are pathetic, you don't care who the murderer was, instead you start to wonder whether this is a little better or even worse than 'Wilsberg'. Then it's over. Too bad. Funny provincial thrillers can work, the Monreal stories in the first show that. But this attempt here, the second put it in the wad. "
Sidney Schering atquotemeter.de wrote: “In view of the primetime-suitable, dark-realistic look, which is unusually dark and realistic for smirking thrillers, and the high-profile broadcasting slot,“ Friesland ”should be able to generate considerable reach right from the start. On top of that, the quality of the premiere raises hopes for solid values as soon as new cases flicker over the screen - because this series has what it takes to permanently appeal even to the smirking crime fiends among crime fans. "
Web links
- Friesland: Murderous tide in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Friesland: Murderous tides at fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Primetime check: Saturday, May 3, 2014.quotemeter.de , May 3, 2014, accessed on October 16, 2017 .
- ^ Rainer Tittelbach : Florian Lukas, Sophie Dal, Matthias Matschke. Thought out in a good way at tittelbach.tv , accessed on November 28, 2017.
- ↑ Ursula Scheer: Hinterm Deich it gets flat TV review at faz.net, accessed on March 4, 2018.
- ↑ Sidney Schering: TV review at quotenmeter.de, accessed on March 4, 2018.